Speech #670145275

I could place before the Senate testimony which could not be contradicted. in :corroboration of the statements herein made and referred to concerning the past atrocities of the Turks and the present barbarities of the Kemalist regime. I have here the names of a large number of cities. towns. and villages within the districts of Amissos and Kavzas. together with the number of families that resided therein. all of which have recently been destroyed and the population either massacred or driven into the wilds of Anatolia. where those who have not yet been destroyed must -perish during the present winter. The information relative to the destruction of these places was furnished by refugees of Pontus and submitted to the Pontian League of Athens as well as to the Pontian League of New York. The number of places destroyed in the district of Amissos was 59 and the number of families either killed or banished amounted to 2.360. In the district of Kavzas the .number of places destroyed was 26 and the number of families either butchered or driven into the mountains and deserts amounted to 1.866. The affidavits state that the number of persons exterminated in these villages amounts to 6.401. Let it be remembered that these barbarities -have been recently committedprobably most of them within the past four monthsand the work of destruction is still carried on by the Kemalist forces in all parts of Pontus. as well as in all parts of Anatolia where Christian populations are to be found and the Turks are in control. If the French troops and the Greek amies were to be withdrawn the entire Christian population of Asiatic Turkey would doubtless be exterminated. Mr. J.